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Hanukkah - The Festival of Lights

Hanukkah, also known as festival of lights, is a Jewish festival lasting eight days. Never occurs on the same day, because it follows the Jewish calendar, but it is a festival which falls in December. Is celebrated the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem at the time of the revolt of the Maccabees in the second century BC Between history and myth here is how things went more than 2300 years ago ... Many Jews then lived in a land called Judea under the rule of King Antiochus greek Epifano. he ordered the Jews to renounce their God, their religion and their customs, honoring only the Greek gods. Under this provision the Jewish temples were destroyed or used for other deities. Some Jews obeyed Antiochus, others refused. Among them was Judah Maccabee which together with other comrades organized a veritable army to defend against oppressors. called themselves Maccabees, which means "hammer". They fought for three years, until they had the upper hand and re-consecrated the temple in Jerusalem.

The first thing to do was to purify and rededicate the temple to their God They removed all the Greek symbols and idols, but they found the sacred oil to light the lamps. Long sought until one of the rooms of the temple did not find him a phial of oil. The Maccabees knew that little would be enough only to illuminate the temple for an evening, but then the miracle happened: the nice and simple container of oil lasted not one but eight nights.
To commemorate the event during the eight days of the festival people light candles every night one of the "Menorah ," the candlestick Jewish eight arms. Each one represents a night that the small amount of oil lit the temple. There is a specific ritual to light the candles during the ceremony and prayers are recited those "three blessings" or "three blessings", which in fact begin with the Hebrew word "baruch ata Adonai, meaning "Blessed are you ..."
Many are also the traditions associated with this festival, especially the children receive a gift, one each day of the festival! Me I can easily imagine a scene with the Jewish children who Bull with those Christians who receive one gift for Christmas ...